Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Joe, I only saw the page after hearing about the lens. I have been to their site a few times but only to look at their filters. That's quite a markup for the Leica version. Len On Nov 20, 2007, at 12:29 PM, weiljr wrote: > Len, > maybe you have already been to this webpage from Schneider: > > http://www.schneideroptics.com/ecommerce/ > CatalogSubCategoryDisplay.aspx?CID=179 > > on that page there is a pdf of the instruction manual which lists > all the mounts available for the lens. For the Leica R it states > that the lens is only available through Leica. So it looks like > the same lens to me. > > Joe > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> >> Sent: Nov 20, 2007 9:11 AM >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] PC Auper Angulon >> >> I just did a search on B&H and found it as a special order for >> $2018.95. Included is a Nikon or Canon mount. The dedicated Leica >> version is $3595. The specs are the same and I would suspect they are >> the same formula. Now it's more interesting. >> >> Len >> >> >> On Nov 20, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: >> >>> At 10:15 AM -0500 11/20/07, Leonard Taupier wrote: >>>> Schneider now makes the 28mm PC Super Angulon in a mount for >>>> Canon, Nikon and Minolta via a proprietary adapter. I don't know >>>> how long they've been offering this version but I only found out >>>> about it when my dealer ordered one and called me to give it a >>>> try. It looks identical to the Leica R version but costs $2450 >>>> which is much less then the Leica version. I tried it on my 5D >>>> body and found it to be very nice with no perceptible distortion. >>>> I found the lens to be a little awkward to use in comparison to my >>>> Nikon 28mm PC Nikkor. It's a fine lens for a Canon FF shooter who >>>> wants vertical correction in the camera and doesn't want the >>>> bulkier TS lenses. >>>> >>>> Len >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 20, 2007, at 12:24 AM, Frank Filippone wrote: >>>> >>>>> Someone was looking for a PC Super Angulon recently..... >>>>> >>>>> Search that auction place ...... there is one listed. >>>>> >>>>> Frank Filippone >>>>> red735i@earthlink.net >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> They've been offering that one slightly longer than the Leica one >>> has been available. $2450 is a good price. I priced one about 10 >>> years ago, and the price at that time was $2300Cdn. >>> >>> -- >>> * Henning J. Wulff >>> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >>> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >>> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information